WORLD ECONOMY THIS WEEK...GULP!.. (Agenda May 18 -- May 22, 2009)

AHEAD OF  THE CURVE! 

UPCOMING THIS WEEK: POLITICS AND ECONOMY: ---EVENTS THAT MAY MOVE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS (Update 1 of 3)--- 

(May 18 -- May 22,  2009)---Outstanding Events That May Move Global Financial Markets:

WORLD MARKETS-----; ----Dollar Recovery, Possible?, ----Oil, Gasoline and Food Prices---NORTH AMÉRICA: ***United States: Treasury's Geithner Speaks (18);  Housing Market Index (18); Housing Starts (19); Building Permits (19); FED's Stern Speaks (19); ABC Consumer Confidence (19); Mortgage Applications (20); Treasury's Geithner at Senate Hearing (20); Rate Decision Minutes (20); Philadelphia FED (21); Leading Indicators (21); FED's Plosser Speaks (21); FED's Bernanke Speaks (22);  ;   México; Actividad Industrial (18); PIB (19); Establecimientos Comerciales (21); Servicios (21); Balanza Comercial (22);   ;      Canada ; Inflation (20); Leading Indicators (20); Retail Sales (22(;   ;  EUROPE;;   Britain: House Prices (Sunday 17); Inflation (19); BoE Rate Decision Minutes (20); Retail Sales (21); Business Investment (21); Public Finances (21); GDP (22); Services (22); Private Consumption (22); Gross Fixed Capital Formation (22);  ; Switzerland; Expectations (20);  ;   Euro-Zone: Trade Balance (18); Economic Sentiment (19); PMI Manufacturing (21); Services (21); Composite (21);     ; France: PMI Services (21); PMI Manufacturing (21); ;  Germany: Economic Sentiment (19); Current Situation (19); Producer Inflation (20); PMI Servcies (21); PMI Manufacturing (21);    ; Italy: Trade Balance (19);  ;  ---ASIA, PACIFIC: ---Japan: Consumer Confidence (18); Industrial Production (19); Machine Tool Orders (19); GDP (19); Services (20); Rate Decision (21); Leading Index & Coincident Index (22);      ;Australia; RBA Governor Stevens Speaks (18); RBA Rate Decision Minutes (19); Treasury Secretary Stevens Speaks (19); Consumer Confidence (20); Inflation Expectation (21);    ; -- New Zealand: Services (Sunday 17); Producer Inflation (17); Credit Card Spending (21) ; ----: ;----

---OUTSTANDING--- :

SUNDAY 17:  

Britain: House Prices

New Zealand: Services; Producer Inflation

MONDAY 18:  

Euro-Zone: Trade Balance

Japan: Consumer Confidence

México: Actividad Industrial

TUESDAY 19: 

United States: Housing Starts

Euro-Zone: Economic Sentiment

Japan: Industrial Production; GDP

United Kingdom: Inflation

Australia: Rate Decision Minutes 

México: PIB

WEDNESDAY 20: 

United Kingdom: Bank of England Rate Decision Minutes

Canada: Inflation; Leading Indicators

THURSDAY 21: 

United States: Leading Indicators

Japan: Rate Decision

United Kingdom: Public Finances

México: Servicios

FRIDAY 22: 

Japan: Leading & Coincident Index

United Kingdom; GDP

México: Balanza Comercial

SATURDAY 23: 

SUNDAY 24: